Learn about the overview and core functions of Source.
Intelliriver Source is an automated internet scanning tool for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). It sets recurring searches of the internet based on searches created by its users. These defined searches bring in articles that are then read, reviewed, kept, and disseminated to a broader community of subscribed users in the form of Daily Digest emails.
Source is organized into themes, groups, and issues so that only relevant information can be seen and shared by its users.
1. Automate information collection. Articles in Intelliriver Source are brought in by searching through our partner news sources. Our system automatically launches saved searches according to schedule every day unless a user or moderator deactivates the search. These articles are collated into the NewsFeed page for users to review, keep, and/or add to the Daily Digest newsletter. Please note that Source does not have control over what the partner news sources send us.
2. Collate information into relevant issues. Searches created can be added to a user-created issue (E.g. Ebola Outbreak: Congo). When a user adds an article to be part of the Daily Digest, the article is automatically added to the issue it is related to unless a moderator rejects it.
3. Produce a Daily Digest. Daily Digest is a newsletter compilation of reviewed, relevant articles associated with the Issues users follow. All users of Source can add an article to the digest. Group moderators review these articles and decide whether they are approved to be added to the Daily Digest email or not.
